Ask the Author: Selisa Lyn Johnson
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Selisa Lyn Johnson
If I could go to any world, it would be to Carsonville, Indiana in 1988, the setting for my search for self books. I would like to experience high school again and just go through the struggles they face.
Selisa Lyn Johnson
The roommate by Kiersten Modglin, Just as I am by Cicely Tyson and A promised land by Barack Obama
Selisa Lyn Johnson
Something I should know a book about Jody Travis, a character I first introduced in My ever pathetic life.
Selisa Lyn Johnson
I got the ideal for Long Way From Home from my own experience as being 17, pregnant and unmarried and how I went to a home for unwed mothers. The book is set in 1988 and back then it wasn’t so acceptable to be pregnant without a husband.
Selisa Lyn Johnson
I just start with the first sentence. I never know what a book is going to be about until I finish it. Sometimes the words come easy and I’m able to finish a book fast. Other times I have to struggle to find a character’s voice and I just want to give up in frustration. I love writing so much and it’s like it’s a part of me. Every day when I wake up I think about what I’m going to write next and I keep a pad and pen by my bed because sometimes I think of stuff in my sleep to write about.
Selisa Lyn Johnson
Don’t give up on your dreams. Everybody has one good book in them. I think if you hang in there that you will get published. I’ve written numerous books since I was in high school and just now at 56 have I begin to get published. I know it won’t take anybody else that long, but you have to believe in yourself and know you can get it done.
Selisa Lyn Johnson
I get to use my imagination a lot and discover new characters and take them on adventures. I’m able to help my characters in the search for self series discover themselves and deal with different situations.
Selisa Lyn Johnson
I keep on trying to think of something to say. If I’m working on one book and hit a brick wall, I go to another book. Usually, I’m able to think of something to write and if I give it a few days, I can come up with something for the other book too.
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